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This movie was a ?warm and fuzzy? version of what it would be like if something like this really happened. Probably the best Hollywood could get by on without being accused of alarming the general public about what life would really be like if we were in this type of crisis. Not a bad movie but I?d recommend saving your money and waiting for it to come out on DVD (it won?t be a long wait). I?ve
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Variety
Without fully rounded characters, it's hard to care who lives or dies in what amounts to an extended procedural on how disease prevention organizations might respond to such a scenario. Full Review
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
All are good, Damon in particular, but there are so many of them we don't see anyone for very long at one stretch. And all are given at least some bad material to work with before the movie is over. For the most part, they make the best of it. Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
While potent and well-paced, Contagion doesn't come together as the fearsome bio-thriller it starts out to be. But it may make audiences twitchy about the guy coughing in the next row. Full Review
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
A germophobe's worst nightmare, Contagion touches on all the dramas big and small, mostly big, we've come to associate with catastrophes such as this, and does so as if it were hurriedly going down and adapting a list of bullet points, never lingering on any one drama in a particularly meaningful fashion. Full Review
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
This may not fit any conventional definition of entertainment, but it certainly keeps your eyes on the screen. Full Review
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